Buggy-box.



' No. 895,304. PATERTED AUG. 4, 190a, v J. c. ROTH.

BUGGY BOX.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 5, 1901'.

Lin) 6. R001 plication of parts.

Specification of Letters Patent.

JOHN c. ROTH, or LOWELL, MICHIGAN.

xneey-Bix- I Patented Aug. 4, 1908.

Application filed October 5, 1907. Serial No. 396,110.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that 1, JOHN C. ROTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lowell, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful -Imrovcments in Bugg '-Boxes, of which the ollowing is a specification.

My invention relates toimprovements in buggy boxes, and its objects are: first, to provide a buggy box that may be shipped in the knock down and may be readily assembled or taken to pieces when desired. Second, to provide a buggy box so constructed as to avert the danger of the corners shrinking and spreading 111 the joints; and, third, to provide a means whereby the danger of breaking or marring the corners will be averted. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective of a buggy box dismantled to show the construction and ap- Fi 2 is an enlarged bottom )lan of the Q1 seat-supporting rail modi red to show bolt holes for securing the seat with the supporting posts .cut off on the line 1 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged edge view of the seat sup )ort-in post, showing how it is attached to t 10 bet rail of the box. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the corner of the box on the line 2 z of Fig. 1, showing enlarged modifications of the several corner connections of the skeleton frame. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the corner posts and the end seat rail on the lines 1: a; of Figs. 2 and 4 and Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective of the outer corner guards showing plain edges, and a bottom step for rotecting the lower edge of the corner of the ox.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

.\ly invention consists of a skeleton frame made, preferably, of angle iron as follows: The angle irons E extend lengthwise of the box and are secured to the lower inner edge of the side boards A A, so that one angle extends inward therefrom, and the end angle irons are secured to the end boards B B of the box, in like manner, and corner irons D D are secured, at the lower ends to the ends of these angle irons at the corner of the box and extend u ward to the top of the box, and outside 0 the. sides and ends A, B, of the box I place very tnin corner pieces C, which may be made ornamental, as in Fig. 1, or plain, as

in Fig. 6, but in any case I prefer to place the base C' in position to bear upon the lower surface of the corner of the box as it notonly protects the corner, but acts as a washer to prevent the nut on the bolt 6 from cutting into the wood. The corner pieces have offsets, (I, at the lower end. toreceive the side pieces E and end )ieces E, to which they are irmly bolted or riveted, as indicated in Fig. 4 at hen the skeleton frame has been made the sides A A, and the ends B B are set to place and the outside irons C are placed against them and securely fastened to place by means of screws c, passin through the irons C, the sides and ends A, F, and screwed into the inside angle irons D, as indicated, or by any other available means whereby the box may be readily assembled or taker. apart. Where the knockdown feature is sim ly used to facilitate the shipment of buggy oxes in the white to be put together and finished at the destination, the parts may be secured together with permanent rivets instead of screws, but for most purposes I consider the screws far preferable to rivets.

For the seat construction I provide four posts, F F, which are securely fastened to the sides A A of the box, and to the side rails E E, as indicated in Fig. 1. These posts are provided with arms f f to which the longitudinal bars H II are secured to form the longitudinal supports of the seat, and cross bars, G, are secured to the posts F F in the other direction to form the cross supports of the seat,

and the seat is bolted, or ot ierwise securely attached to these bars by means of bolts or other available device secured in the holes 7 g 1, 8:0. It will be readily seen that, with this construction, it is a simple matter to assemble or take down a buggy seat, thus greatly facilitating the shipment of buggies where long distances and heavy freight charges are material items for the shipper to consider, and to overcome, as far as possible.

The second, and by no wise minor, consideration to be taken into account with this construction, is the protection given to the corners of the box. It is a well known fact that all glued boxes, no matter how carefully they are covered-with paints and var nishes, will, in time, especially if often wet in rain storms, &c., become unglued and fall apart, thus rendering the box very unsightly,

weak, and unsatisfactory, wvhile with this construction it is impossible for the parts to readily re-adjusted by the use of the outerand inner plates and the screws, as hereinbefore suggested.

When it is desired to construct a box to be taken a art and re-assenibled at the convenience of parts fully finished before assembling them as there is not the danger of marring the sides and ends when removing the corner pieces C that there would be if the varnish were spread after the corner pieces were in place. As-the rivets (Z do not pass through the sides A or the ends B and the removal of the-bolts e will disconnect the ends of the rails E and E, it is not necessary to remove the screws (1- to take the box to ieces, and the osts F may be (liSCOllDGCiIGt from the rails I H and removed and stored with the sides A A, if desired, so that the only screws that it is really necessary to remove are those shown at c c,

that secure the corners of the box.

I represents the bottom'of the box, wluch is supported upon the horizontal wings of the end rails E, as indicated in Fig. 4, and may be screwed or otherwise secured so that it .may be readily removed, if desired.

One of the most desirable results attained from this construction is the ability to secure the sides and ends of the box to the frame by the use of fiat headed screws in such a man ner that it is not necessary to bore and plug the panels and thus greatly lessen the strength and durability from that attained where the screws need not be impressed much below the surface of the panels, and this too, without detracting from the sightliness or finish of the box;

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In combination with the sides, ends and the operator, I prefer to have allv I bottom of a buggy box, a base frame consisting of side rails and end rails made of angle iron secured together at the corners of the box, angle iron corner posts secured at the to and extending upward from the base, guards of angle iron outside of the corners of the box and secured through the sides and ends of the box to the corner pieces,' and ing a seat frame.

3. In combination with the sides, ends and bottom of a buggy box, a base formed of disconnected pieces of an le iron secured to the sides and ends of the tached to and extendin upward from the angle iron guards outside the corners of the box and having an inwardly pro ecting botand the ends of the an le irons that form the base, means for securely connecting the several arts, and a removable seat frame secured to the sides of the box, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

Signed at Lowell Michigan September 28th 1907.

JOHN C. ROTH.

In presence of- C. G. PERRY,

FANNIE L. ROTIL lower ends to the corners of the base frame,

and ends, corner pieces of angde iron secured standards and bars secured to the box form- 6 box, corner pieces at- 5 corners of the base inside of the box, thin tom, a bolt passing through the projection 

